Provision Language
13. Project Continuity
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13.2 Project Continuity Plan. Because of the exigent nature of the Outbreak, the iPDP shall include a Project Continuity Plan that, at a minimum, shall address the following items: […]
(c) identification of a proposed third party, for example, a Subawardee, under contract to Awardee that is capable of performing the activities in agreed Work Packages, Additional Work Packages or a Project Expansion (“Trusted Collaborator”), in the event that Awardee is unable to continue its activities under this Agreement or declines CEPI’s request to undertake additional Work Packages or a Project Expansion; and
(d) at least a preliminary identification of one or more geographically dispersed manufacturing sites, under contract with Awardee, to produce Project Vaccine for use in the Field (“Trusted Manufacturer”). Awardee shall make a final designation of one or more Trusted Manufacturers, in consultation with CEPI, and prior to the start of a Phase II clinical trial.
14. Equitable Access
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14.2. Project Vaccine Registration. Awardee shall cooperate with CEPI, and at CEPI’s cost, take such actions as are mutually agreed to register Project Vaccines in countries identified as priorities. If Awardee is not the license holder for purposes of registration in a given country, then Awardee shall be responsible for ensuring that its Subawardee facilitate such registrations as requested by CEPI. Awardee shall utilize WHO pre–qualification or similar registrations systems to the extent available.
14.3. Global Allocation. It is the Parties’ expectation that a global allocation and purchasing entity (the “Global Allocation Body”) shall be constituted within six (6) months after the Effective Date of this Agreement to purchase, allocate, and direct the distribution of COVID–19 vaccines including Project Vaccine. Awardee, will negotiate, in good faith a separate agreement or purchase order to supply Project Vaccine as may be required by the Global Allocation Body in such agreement or purchase order to the Global Allocation Body during the Pandemic Period and after the Pandemic Period for LMICs. For the purposes of this paragraph “Pandemic Period” means the period of time between the date that WHO declared COVID–19 to be a PHEIC (that is, 30 January 2020) and the date that WHO declares the PHEIC to have ended including any period of a COVID–19 pandemic re–emergence as declared by the WHO.
14.4. Pandemic Period Production and Supply. During the Pandemic Period, Awardee shall: […]
(d) supply up to [***] of the quantity of the Project Vaccine produced for purchase by the Global Allocation Body pursuant to Clause 14.3 during the Pandemic Period. For clarity, Awardee may not allocate or obligate Project Vaccine doses to other third parties during the Pandemic Period that conflicts with its obligations under this Clause 14; […]
14.5. Post–Pandemic Period Production and Supply. After the Pandemic Period, Awardee shall continue to produce and supply Project Vaccine for purchase as required by the Global Allocation Body pursuant to Clause 14.3.
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14.12. Alternative to the Global Allocation Body. In the event that a Global Allocation Body is not constituted as expected by the Parties in Clause 14.3, then CEPI or its designated purchasing agent(s) shall have the rights attributed in this Clause 14 to the Global Allocation Body.